21st Century Literature discussion

Nominations are now open until July 24th for the September 2024 Open Pick.

Nominating guidelines:
- Fiction (original & translation, if applicable) first published between January 1, 2000 and September 1, 2023. For translations the latter date must be an English edition.
- One nomination per person (please do not nominate or vote for a book unless you are certain you can read and discuss if it wins)
- A book this group has not yet read (see the group bookshelf or the Index of all Group Reads here)
- A book that is not better suited to the wild card (genre) category

If you are nominating, please begin your post by stating "I nominate [name with hyperlink to book]"

The discussion will start on September 1st

I nominate Eve out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi. Ananda Devi's name has been mentioned as a possible Nobel candidate this year and I have never read her.

Thanks Sam. Last day for nominations tomorrow.

We need some competition here.

Sam wrote: "We need some competition here."

I second Eve out of Her Ruins but for fun I'll nominate a book by another Nobel hopeful, Rombo.

For competition I'll nominate Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren.

"An outstanding debut.
The passing of youth is vividly drawn in this epic tale of a Swedish publisher whose wife mysteriously goes missing", according to the Guardian

Sorry I can't link, I am on holiday without laptop.

I have heard good things about Rombo and Collected Works. Let me add Collected Works is a single novel not a collection as the title suggests.

Nominations are now closed. The poll is up here, and will run for the rest of July:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Thanks for the clarification Sam. and let me add a health warning for people considering voting for Collected Works: it has 700 pages (but it's supposed to read very easily :)).

Eve out of her Ruins has won the poll. Sam - are you happy to lead the discussion?

Yes, I haven't read the novel so it will be the blind leading the blind, and any help on background information is welcome.

Thanks Sam

Just checking, do you want me to add the book thread or wait till it is established?

I cannot generate a folder for Eve Out of Her Ruins. Where do you want me to put the topic?

What about Fable or even Instagram

A mod will be along eventually. I only post Goodreads.

Sorry Sam - I have only just seen this. I have now created the discussion folder - sorry it is so late.

Missed this one, as well. My apologies!
And thank you, Hugh, for taking care of it.
(a lot of short-but-unexpected travel for me lately has me all off-schedule... )

Thank you both.

Topic is open and ready for discussion.